Mighty Mouse and Wireless Keyboard

I purchased a Mighty Mouse and a Wireless Keyboard at the Apple Store today...unfortunate to my stupidity the keyboard won't work.
I was told I could get both to work. The Mighty Mouse works swimmingly, however the Wireless Keyboard can't connect. How can I get it to connect to my computer? I heard something about a Bluetooth USB wire or something along the lines of that, but how would I go about getting one?
Help is greatly appreciated
rjl

Does your computer have built-in Bluetooth, or an external Bluetooth adapter? If not, there's your problem.

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